Four British Virgin Islands athletes have already qualified for the 2019 CARIFTA Games which are to be held in the Cayman Islands. Diamante Gumbs, Jaleel Croal, Palesa Ceasar, and Djimon Gumbs are the qualifiers. The quartet made the national CARIFTA […]
Archive for January, 2019
Premier: Taxpayer $$ also used to pay BVI Airways’ debts, no one got rich from airline
Part of the $7.2 million government paid over to the seemingly defunct BVI Airways was used to clear the airline’s debts, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith revealed in the House of Assembly on Tuesday. “It was spent paying off debts […]
Horse Owners Association boss named as PVIM candidate
President of the BVI Horse Owners Association Lesmore Smith has joined the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement’s (PVIM) team of candidates who will contest the 2019 General Elections. Smith will contest the elections as a Territorial At-Large candidate; bringing to totality […]
NDP government wasted $20 million, says Skelton
Suspicions that the governing National Democratic Party (NDP) has been consistently misspending taxpayer dollars were further confirmed on Sunday by a former NDP insider, Ronnie Skelton. Skelton — who recently broke away from the NDP to form the Progressive Virgin […]
Locals will get scholarships for masters degrees, PhDs under my administration
Virgin Islanders will be able to receive scholarships at all levels of higher education under a Myron Walwyn-led government. That is one of the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) promises if it is re-elected into government for a third consecutive term. […]
Former hospital worker gets 6 months for beating customer, victim still affected
Kindel Vanterpool, the former hospital worker who “lost it” and beat a customer at the facility more than two years ago has been sentenced to six months at Her Majesty’s Prison for the offence. Magistrate Shawn Innocent also handed the […]
Debates needed for all districts, seats
Following a successfully staged political debate for the electoral candidates of the Ninth District, several members of the public, including debate organiser Sasha Flax, is calling for more debates to happen in the other eight electoral districts. “We look forward […]
Never was there a time more critical to vote, get registered — Underhill
With the territory’s recovery and development now a stake, choosing who will lead the British Virgin Islands over the next four years is increasingly being described as one of the most important decisions voters will have to make for a […]
Unarmed cops can no longer grab guns at will, told to steer clear of live firearm incidents
Prior to 2016 when Police Commissioner Michael Matthews commenced his duties in the BVI, regular police officers were permitted to arbitrarily retrieve a firearm from the police weapons safe and respond at a live firearms incident. That “ad hoc” approach has […]
NDP wants locals ‘cutting bush, cleaning ghuts’ while giving top jobs to expats
Among the reasons Ronnie Skelton said he broke away from the governing National Democratic Party (NDP) is that he grew tired of watching the party hand down menial blue-collar jobs to Virgin Islanders and Belongers. In a statement seemingly addressed […]
